Opeyemi S. Aniramu

Opeyemi ANIRAMU (PhD), is a research scientist from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. The research journey began with a simple but pressing question: how can GIscience help cities like Lagos live safely with water rather than constantly fight floods? How can tourism enhance land resource management in a tourist center environs? Through years of studying hydro-climatic patterns, land-use change, tourism activities, and urban flood dynamics, I combined GIS, remote sensing, perception knowledge system, and equation-based/AI-driven models to reveal how human activities amplify environmental challenges and risk vulnerabilities. By translating complex data into clear spatial insights, the research showed where vulnerabilities truly lie and which resilience strategies work best. Going forward, my previous work serves as both a roadmap and a toolkit. It demonstrates how interdisciplinary methods can strengthen environmental research, how local data can answer global questions, and how rigorous modelling can inform real policy decisions. Most importantly, it encourages fellow researchers to move beyond theory, grounding their studies in community needs and practical solutions that inspire collaboration, innovation, and shared scientific progress.